2022 Grammy Awards Winners
On a personal level, I have no interest in awards shows. For one thing, at least when it comes to the Grammys, I know who should win the major categories so why even bother with these guys? I mean, Jon Batiste and Silk Sonic? -pleeze… Foo Fighters? Oh well, at least we can agree with Tyler winning rap album of the year. Olivia Rodrigo is still a teenager
Record of the Year
“I Still Have Faith in You” — ABBA
“Freedom” — Jon Batiste
“I Get a Kick Out of You” — Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
“Peaches” — Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar & Giveon
“Right on Time” — Brandi Carlile
“Kiss Me More” — Doja Cat Featuring SZA
“Happier Than Ever” — Billie Eilish
“Montero” (Call Me by Your Name) — Lil Nas X
“Drivers License” — Olivia Rodrigo
WINNER: “Leave the Door Open” — Silk Sonic
Album of the Year
WINNER: We Are — Jon Batiste
Love for Sale — Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe) — Justin Bieber
Planet Her (Deluxe) — Doja Cat
Happier Than Ever — Billie Eilish
Back of My Mind — H.E.R.
Montero — Lil Nas X
Sour — Olivia Rodrigo
Evermore — Taylor Swift
Donda — Kanye West
Song of the Year
“Bad Habits” — Fred Gibson, Johnny McDaid & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Ed Sheeran)
“A Beautiful Noise” — Ruby Amanfu, Brandi Carlile, Brandy Clark, Alicia Keys, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna, Linda Perry & Hailey Whitters, songwriters (Alicia Keys Featuring Brandi Carlile)
“Drivers License” — Daniel Nigro & Olivia Rodrigo, songwriters (Olivia Rodrigo)
“Fight for You” — Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)
“Happier Than Ever” — Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)
“Kiss Me More” — Rogét Chahayed, Amala Zandile Dlamini, Lukasz Gottwald, Carter Lang, Gerard A. Powell II, Solána Rowe & David Sprecher, songwriters (Doja Cat Featuring SZA)
WINNER: “Leave the Door Open” — Brandon Anderson, Christopher Brody Brown, Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars, songwriters (Silk Sonic)
“Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” — Denzel Baptiste, David Biral, Omer Fedi, Montero Hill & Roy Lenzo, songwriters (Lil Nas X)
“Peaches” — Louis Bell, Justin Bieber, Giveon Dezmann Evans, Bernard Harvey, Felisha “Fury” King, Matthew Sean Leon, Luis Manual Martinez Jr., Aaron Simmonds, Ashton Simmonds, Andrew Wotman & Keavan Yazdani, songwriters (Justin Bieber Featuring Daniel Caesar & Giveon)
“Right on Time” — Brandi Carlile, Dave Cobb, Phil Hanseroth & Tim Hanseroth, songwriters (Brandi Carlile)
Best New Artist
Arooj Aftab
Jimmie Allen
Baby Keem
Finneas
Glass Animals
Japanese Breakfast
The Kid Laroi
Arlo Parks
WINNER: Olivia Rodrigo
Saweetie
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Anyone” — Justin Bieber
“Right on Time” — Brandi Carlisle
“Happier Than Ever” — Billie Eilish
“Positions” — Ariana Grande
WINNER: “Drivers License” — Olivia Rodrigo
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“I Get a Kick Out of You” — Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
“Lonely” — Justin Bieber & Benny Blanco
“Butter” — BTS
“Higher Power” — Coldplay
WINNER: “Kiss Me More” — Doja Cat featuring SZA
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
WINNER: Love for Sale — Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
Til We Meet Again (Live) — Nora Jones
A Tori Kelly Christmas — Tori Kelly
Ledisi Sings Nina — Ledisi
That’s Life — Willie Nelson
A Holly Dolly Christmas — Dolly Parton
Best Pop Vocal Album
Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe) — Justin Bieber
Planet Her (Deluxe) — Doja Cat
Happier Than Ever — Billie Eilish
Positions — Ariana Grande
WINNER: Sour — Olivia Rodrigo
Best Dance/Electronic Recording
“Hero” — Afrojack & David Guetta
“Loom” — Ólafur Arnalds featuring Bonobo
“Before” — James Blake
“Heartbreak” — Bonobo & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
“You Can Do It” — Caribou
WINNER: “Alive” — Rüfüs Du Sol
“The Business” — Tiësto
Best Dance/Electronic Music Album
WINNER: Subconsciously — Black Coffee
Fallen Embers — Illenium
Music Is the Weapon (Reloaded) — Major Lazer
Shockwave — Marshmello
Free Love — Sylvan Esso
Judgement — Ten City
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
Double Dealin’ — Randy Brecker & Eric Marienthal
The Garden — Rachel Eckroth
WINNER: Tree Falls — Taylor Eigst
At Blue Noe Tokyo — Steve Gadd Band
Deep: The Baritone Sessions, Vol. 2 — Mark Lettieri
Best Rock Performance
“Shot in the Dark” — AC/DC
“Know You Better (Live From Capitol Studio A)” — Black Pumas
“Nothing Compares 2 U” — Chris Cornell
“Ohms” — Deftones
WINNER: “Making a Fire” — Foo Fighters
Best Metal Performance
“Genesis” — Deftones
WINNER: “The Alien” — Dream Theater
“Amazonia” — Gojira
“Pushing the Tides” — Mastodon
“The Triumph of King Freak (A Crypt of Preservation and Superstition)” — Rob Zombie
Best Rock Song
“All My Favorite Songs” — Rivers Cuomo, Ashley Gorley, Ben Johnson & Ilsey Juber, songwriters (Weezer)
“The Bandit” — Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings of Leon)
“Distance” — Wolfgang Van Halen, songwriter (Mammoth WVH)
“Find My Way” — Paul McCartney, songwriter (Paul McCartney)
WINNER: “Waiting on a War” — Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Rami Jaffee, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett & Pat Smear, songwriters (Foo Fighters)
Best Rock Album
Power Up — AC/DC
Capitol Cuts – Live From Studio A — Black Pumas
No One Sings Like You Anymore Vol. 1 — Chris Cornell
WINNER: Medicine at Midnight — Foo Fighters
McCartney III — Paul McCartney
Best Alternative Music Album
Shore — Fleet Foxes
If I Can‘t Have Love, I Want Power — Halsey
Jubilee — Japanese Breakfast
Collapsed in Sunbeams — Arlo Parks
WINNER: Daddy’s Home — St. Vincent
Best R&B Performance (tie)
“Lost You” — Snoh Aalegra
“Peaches” — Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar & Giveon
“Damage” — H.E.R.
WINNER: “Leave the Door Open” — Silk Sonic
WINNER: “Pick Up Your Feelings” — Jazmine Sullivan
Best Traditional R&B Performance
“I Need You” — Jon Batiste
“Bring It On Home to Me” — BJ the Chicago Kid, PJ Morton & Kenyon Dixon featuring Charlie Bereal
“Born Again” — Leon Bridges featuring Robert Glasper
WINNER: “Fight for You” — H.E.R.
“How Much Can a Heart Take” — Lucky Daye featuring Yebba
Best R&B Song
“Damage” — H.E.R.
“Good Days” — SZA
“Heartbreak Anniversary” — Giveon
WINNER: “Leave the Door Open” — Silk Sonic
“Pick Up Your Feelings” — Jazmine Sullivan
Best Progressive R&B Album
New Light — Eric Bellinger
Something to Say — Cory Henry
Mood Valiant — Hiatus Kaiyote
WINNER: Table for Two — Lucky Daye
Dinner Party: Dessert — Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, 9th Wonder & Kamasi Washington
Studying Abroad: Extended Stay — Masego
Best R&B Album
Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies — Snoh Aalegra
We Are — Jon Batiste
Gold-Diggers Sound — Leon Bridges
Back of My Mind — H.E.R.
WINNER: Heaux Tales — Jazmine Sullivan
Best Rap Performance
WINNER: “Family Ties” — Baby Keem featuring Kendrick Lamar
“Up” — Cardi B
“My.Life” — J. Cole featuring 21 Savage & Morray
“Way 2 Sexy” — Drake featuring Future & Young Thug
“Thot S***” — Megan Thee Stallion
Best Melodic Rap Performance
“Pride Is the Devil” — J. Cole featuring Lil Baby
“Need to Know” — Doja Cat
“Industry Baby — Lil Nas X featuring Jack Harlow
“Wusyaname” — Tyler, the Creator featuring Youngboy Never Broke Again & Ty Dolla $ign
WINNER: “Hurricane” — Kanye West featuring the Weeknd & Lil Baby
Best Rap Song
“Bath Salts” — Shawn Carter, Kasseem Dean, Michael Forno, Nasir Jones & Earl Simmons, songwriters (DMX featuring Jay-Z & Nas)
“Best Friend” — Amala Zandelie Dlamini, Lukasz Gottwald, Randall Avery Hammers, Diamonté Harper, Asia Smith, Theron Thomas & Rocco Valdes, songwriters (Saweetie featuring Doja Cat)
“Family Ties” — Roshwita Larisha Bacha, Hykeem Carter, Tobias Dekker, Colin Franken, Jasper Harris, Kendrick Lamar, Ronald Latour & Dominik Patrzek, songwriters (Baby Keem featuring Kendrick Lamar)
WINNER: “Jail” — Dwayne Abernathy Jr., Shawn Carter, Raul Cubina, Michael Dean, Charles M. Njapa, Sean Solymar, Kanye West & Mark Williams, songwriters (Kanye West featuring Jay-Z)
“My. Life” — Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, Jermaine Cole & Jacob Dutton, songwriters (J. Cole featuring 21 Savage & Morray)
Best Rap Album
The Off Season — J. Cole
King’s Disease II — Nas
WINNER: Call Me If You Get Lost — Tyler, The Creator
Donda — Kanye West
Best Country Solo Performance
“Forever After All” — Luke Combs
“Remember Her Name” — Mickey Guyton
“All I Do Is Drive” — Jason Isbell
“Camera Roll” — Kacey Musgraves
WINNER: “You Should Probably Leave” — Chris Stapleton
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
“If I Didn’t Love You” — Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood
WINNER: “Younger Me” — Brothers Osborne
“Glad You Exist” — Dan + Shay
“Chasing After You” — Ryan Hurd & Maren Morris
“Drunk (and I Don’t Wanna Go Home)” — Elle King & Miranda Lambert
Best Country Song
“Better Than We Found It” — Jessie Jo Dillon, Maren Morris, Jimmy Robbins & Laura Veltz, songwriters (Maren Morris)
“Camera Roll” — Ian Fitchuk, Kacey Musgraves & Daniel Tashian, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves)
WINNER: “Cold” — Dave Cobb, J.T. Cure, Derek Mixon & Chris Stapleton, songwriters (Chris Stapleton)Chris Stapleton
“Country Again” — Zach Crowell, Ashley Gorley & Thomas Rhett, songwriters (Thomas Rhett)
“Fancy Like” — Cameron Bartolini, Walker Hayes, Josh Jenkins & Shane Stevens, songwriters (Walker Hayes)
“Remember Her Name” — Mickey Guyton, Blake Hubbard, Jarrod Ingram & Parker Welling, songwriters (Mickey Guyton)
Best Country Album
Skeletons — Brothers Osborne
Remember Her Name — Mickey Guyton
The Marfa Tapes — Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall & Jack Ingram
The Ballad of Dood & Juanita — Sturgill Simpson
WINNER: Starting Over — Chris Stapleton
Best New Age Album
Brothers — Will Ackerman, Jeff Oster & Tom Eaton
WINNER: Divine Tides — Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej
Pangaea — Wouter Kellerman & David Arkenstone
Night + Day — Opium Moon
Pieces of Forever — Laura Sullivan
Best Improvised Jazz Solo
“Sackodougou” — Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, soloist
“Kick Those Feet” — Kenny Barron, soloist
“Bigger Than Us” — Jon Batiste
“Absence” — Terence Blanchard, soloist
WINNER: “Humpty Dumpty (Set 2)” — Chick Corea, soloist
Best Jazz Vocal Album
Generations — The Baylor Project
SuperBlue — Kurt Elling & Charlie Hunter
Time Traveler — Nnenna Freelon
Flor — Gretchen Parlato
WINNER: Songwrights Apothecary Lab — Esperanza Spalding
Best Jazz Instrumental Album
Jazz Selections: Music From and Inspired by Soul — Jon Batiste
Absence — Terence Blanchard featuring the E Collective and the Turtle Island Quartet
WINNER: Skyline — Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette & Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Akoustic Band Live — Chick Corea, John Patitucci & Dave Weckl
Side-Eye NYC (V1.IV) — Pat Metheny
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Live at Birdland! — The Count Basie Orchestra directed by Scotty Barnhart
Dear Love — Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force
WINNER: For Jimmy, Wes and Oliver — Christian McBride Big Band
Swirling — Sun Ra Arkestra
Jackets XL — Yellowjackets + WDR Big Band
Best Latin Jazz Album
WINNER: Mirror Mirror — Eliane Elias with Chick Corea and Chucho Valdés
The South Bronx Story — Carlos Henriquez
Virtual Birdland — Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Transparency — Dafnis Prieto Sextet
El Arte Del Bolero — Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo
Best Gospel Performance/Song
“Voice of God” — Dante Bowe featuring Steffany Gretzinger & Chandler Moore; Dante Bowe, Tywan Mack, Jeff Schneeweis & Mitch Wong, songwriters
“Joyful” — Dante Bowe; Dante Bowe & Ben Schofield, songwriters
“Help” — Anthony Brown & Group Therapy; Anthony Brown & Darryl Woodson, songwriters
WINNER: “Never Lost” — CeCe Winans
“Wait on You” — Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music; Dante Bowe, Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Tiffany Hudson, Brandon Lake & Chandler Moore, songwriters
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song
“We Win” — Kirk Franklin & Lil Baby; Kirk Franklin, Dominique Jones, Cynthia Nunn & Justin Smith, songwriters
“Hold Us Together (Hope Mix)” — H.E.R. & Tauren Wells; Josiah Bassey, Dernst Emile & H.E.R., songwriters
“Man of Your Word” — Chandler Moore & KJ Scriven; Jonathan Jay, Nathan Jess & Chandler Moore, songwriters
WINNER: “Believe for It” — CeCe Winans; Dwan Hill, Kyle Lee, CeCe Winans & Mitch Wong, songwriters
“Jireh” — Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music Featuring Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine; Chris Brown, Steven Furtick, Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine, songwriters
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album
No Stranger — Natalie Grant
Feels Like Home Vol. 2 — Israel & New Breed
The Blessing (Live) — Kari Jobe
Citizen of Heaven (Live) — Tauren Wells
WINNER: Old Church Basement — Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music
Best Gospel Album
Changing Your Story — Jekalyn Carr
Royalty: Live at the Ryman — Tasha Cobbs Leonard
Jubilee: Juneteenth Edition — Maverick City Music
Jonny x Mali: Live in LA — Jonathan McReynolds & Mali Music
WINNER: Believe for It — CeCe Winans
Best Roots Gospel Album
Alone With My Faith — Harry Connick Jr.
That’s Gospel, Brother — Gaither Vocal Band
Keeping On — Ernie Haase & Signature Sound
Songs for the Times — The Isaacs
WINNER: My Savior — Carrie Underwood
Best Latin Pop Album
Vértigo — Pablo Alborán
Mis Amores — Paula Arenas
Hecho a La Antigua — Ricardo Arjona
Mis Manos — Camilo
WINNER: Mendó — Alex Cuba
Revelación — Selena Gomez
Best Música Urbana Album
Afrodisíaco — Rauw Alejandro
WINNER: El Último Tour Del Mundo — Bad Bunny
Jose — J Balvin
KG0516 — Karol G
Sin Miedo (Del Amor y Otros Demonios) 8 — Kali Uchis
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album
Deja — Bomba Estéreo
Mira Lo Que Me Hiciste Hacer (Deluxe Edition) — Diamante Eléctrico
WINNER: Origen — Juanes
Calambre — Nathy Peluso
El Madrileño — C. Tangana
Sonidos de Karmática Resonancia — Zoé
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (including Tejano)
Antología De La Musica Ranchera, Vol. 2 — Aida Cuevas
WINNER: A Mis 80’s — Vicente Fernández
Seis — Mon Laferte
Un Canto Por México, Vol. II — Natalia Lafourcade
Ayayay! (Súper Deluxe) — Christian Nodal
Best Tropical Latin Album
WINNER: Salswing! — Rubén Blades y Roberto Delgado & Orquesta
En Cuarentena — El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico
Sin Salsa No Hay Paraíso — Aymée Nuviola
Colegas — Gilberto Santa Rosa
Live in Peru — Tony Succar
Best American Roots Performance
WINNER: “Cry” — Jon Batiste
“Love and Regret” — Billy Strings
“I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” — The Blind Boys of Alabama & Béla Fleck
“Same Devil” — Brandy Clark featuring Brandi Carlile
“Nightflyer” — Allison Russell
Best American Roots Song
“Avalon” — Rhiannon Giddens, Justin Robinson & Francesco Turrisi, songwriters (Rhiannon Giddens With Francesco Turrisi)
“Bored” — Linda Chorney, songwriter (Linda Chorney featuring Becca Byram, EJ Ouellette & Trevor Sewellzz
“Call Me a Fool” — Valerie June, songwriter (Valerie June featuring Carla Thomas)
WINNER: “Cry” — Jon Batiste & Steve McEwan, songwriters (Jon Batiste)
“Diamond Studded Shoes” — Dan Auerbach, Natalie Hemby, Aaron Lee Tasjan & Yola, songwriters (Yola)
“Nightflyer” — Jeremy Lindsay & Allison Russell, songwriters (Allison Russell)
Best Americana Album
Downhill From Everywhere — Jackson Browne
Leftover Feelings — John Hiatt with the Jerry Douglas Band
WINNER: Native Sons — Los Lobos
Outside Child — Allison Russell
Stand for Myself — Yola
Best Bluegrass Album
Renewal — Billy Strings
WINNER: My Bluegrass Heart — Béla Fleck
A Tribute to Bill Monroe — The Infamous Stringdusters
Cuttin’ Grass – Vol. 1 (Butcher Shoppe Sessions) — Sturgill Simpson
Music Is What I See — Rhonda Vincent
Best Traditional Blues Album
100 Years of Blues — Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite
Traveler’s Blues — Blues Traveler
WINNER: I Be Trying — Cedric Burnside
Be Ready When I Call You — Guy Davis
Take Me Back — Kim Wilson
Best Contemporary Blues Album
Delta Kream — The Black Keys featuring Eric Deaton & Kenny Brown
Royal Tea — Joe Bonamassa
Uncivil War — Shemekia Copeland
Fire It Up — Steve Cropper
WINNER: 662 — Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Best Folk Album
One Night Lonely (Live) — Mary Chapin Carpenter
Long Violent History — Tyler Childers
Wednesday (Extended Edition) — Madison Cunningham
WINNER: They’re Calling Me Home — Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi
Blue Heron Suite — Sarah Jarosz
Best Regional Roots Music Album
Live in New Orleans! — Sean Ardoin and Kreole Rock and Soul
Bloodstains & Teardrops — Big Chief Monk Boudreaux
My People — Cha Wa
Corey Ledet Zydeco — Corey Ledet Zydeco
WINNER: Kau Ka Pe’a — Kalani Pe’a
Best Reggae Album
Pamoja — Etana
Positive Vibration — Gramps Morgan
Live N Livin — Sean Paul
Royal — Jesse Royal
WINNER: Beauty in the Silence — Soja
10 — Spice
Best Global Music Performance
WINNER: “Mohabbat” — Arooj Aftab
“Do Yourself” — Angelique Kidjo & Burna Boy
“Pà Pá Pà” — Femi Kuti
“Blewu” — Yo-Yo Ma & Angelique Kidjo
“Essence” — WizKid featuring Tems
Best Global Music Album
Voice of Bunbon, Vol. 1 — Rocky Dawuni
East West Players Presents: Daniel Ho & Friends Live in Concert — Daniel Ho & Friends
WINNER: Mother Nature — Angelique Kidjo
Legacy + — Femi Kuti and Made Kuti
Made in Lagos: Deluxe Edition — WizKid
Best Children’s Music Album
Actívate — 123 Andrés
All One Tribe — 1 Tribe Collective
Black to the Future — Pierce Freelon
WINNER: A Colorful World — Falu
Crayon Kids — Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band
Best Spoken Word Album (includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
Aftermath — LeVar Burton
WINNER: Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation From John Lewis — Don Cheadle
Catching Dreams: Live at Fort Knox Chicago — J. Ivy
8:46 — Dave Chappelle & Amir Sulaiman
A Promised Land — Barack Obama
Best Comedy Album
The Comedy Vaccine — Lavell Crawford
Evolution — Chelsea Handler
WINNER: Sincerely Louis CK — Louis C.K.
Thanks for Risking Your Life — Lewis Black
The Greatest Average American — Nate Bargatze
Zero F***s Given — Kevin Hart
Best Musical Theater Album
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella — Andrew Lloyd Webber, Nick Lloyd Webber & Greg Wells, producers; Andrew Lloyd Webber & David Zippel, composers/lyricists (Original Album Cast)
Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater’s Some Lovers — Burt Bacharach, Michael Croiter, Ben Hartman, Cody Lassen & Steven Sater, producers; Burt Bacharach, composer; Steven Sater, lyricist (World Premiere Cast)
Girl From the North Country — Simon Hale, Conor McPherson & Dean Sharenow, producers (Bob Dylan, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast)
Les Misérables: The Staged Concert (The Sensational 2020 Live Recording) — Cameron Mackintosh, Lee McCutcheon & Stephen Metcalfe, producers (Claude-Michel Schönberg, composer; Alain Boublil, John Caird, Herbert Kretzmer, Jean-Marc Natel & Trevor Nunn, lyricists) (The 2020 Les Misérables Staged Concert Company)
Stephen Schwartz’s Snapshots — Daniel C. Levine, Michael J Moritz Jr, Bryan Perri & Stephen Schwartz, producers (Stephen Schwartz, composer & lyricist) (World Premiere Cast)
WINNER: The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical — Emily Bear, producer; Abigail Barlow & Emily Bear, composers/lyricists (Barlow & Bear)
Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Cruella — (Various Artists); Craig Gillespie, compilation producer; Susan Jacobs, music supervisor
Dear Evan Hansen — Ben Platt (& Various Artists); Alex Lacamoire, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul & Dan Romer, compilation producers; Jordan Carroll, music supervisor
In the Heights — (Various Artists); Alex Lacamoire, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bill Sherman & Greg Wells, compilation producers; Steven Gizicki, music supervisor
One Night in Miami — Leslie Odom Jr. (& Various Artists); Nicholai Baxter, compilation producer; Randall Poster, music supervisor
Respect — Jennifer Hudson; Stephen Bray & Jason Michael Webb, compilation producers
Schmigadoon! Episode 1 — (Various Artists ); Doug Besterman, Cinco Paul & Scott M. Riesett, compilation producers
WINNER: The United States vs. Billie Holiday — Andra Day; Salaam Remi, compilation producer; Lynn Fainchtein, music supervisor
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Bridgerton — Kris Bowers, composer
Dune — Hans Zimmer, composer
The Mandalorian: Season 2 – Vol. 2 (Chapters 13-16) — Ludwig Göransson, composer
WINNER: The Queen’s Gambit — Carlos Rafael Rivera, composer
WINNER: Soul — Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, composers
Best Song Written for Visual Media
“Agatha All Along” (from WandaVision: Episode 7) — Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez featuring Kathryn Hahn, Eric Bradley, Greg Whipple, Jasper Randall & Gerald White)
WINNER: “All Eyes On Me” (from Inside) — Bo Burnham, songwriter (Bo Burnham)
“All I Know So Far” (from Pink: All I Know So Far) — Alecia Moore, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, songwriters (Pink)
“Fight for You” (from Judas and the Black Messiah) — Dernst Emile II, H.E.R. & Tiara Thomas, songwriters (H.E.R.)
“Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” (from Respect) — Jamie Hartman, Jennifer Hudson & Carole King, songwriters (Jennifer Hudson)
“Speak Now” (from One Night in Miami) — Sam Ashworth & Leslie Odom Jr., songwriters (Leslie Odom Jr.)
Best Instrumental Composition
“Beautiful Is Black” — Brandee Younger, composer (Brandee Younger)
“Cat and Mouse” — Tom Nazziola, composer (Tom Nazziola)
“Concerto for Orchestra: Finale” — Vince Mendoza, composer (Vince Mendoza & Czech National Symphony Orchestra featuring Antonio Sánchez & Derrick Hodge)
“Dreaming in Lions” — Arturo O’Farrill, composer (Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble)
WINNER: “Eberhard” — Lyle Mays, composer (Lyle Mays)
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
“Chopsticks” — Bill O’Connell, arranger (Richard Baratta)
“For the Love of a Princess” (from Braveheart) — Robin Smith, arranger (Hauser, London Symphony Orchestra & Robin Smith)
“Infinite Love” — Emile Mosseri, arranger (Emile Mosseri)
WINNER: “Meta Knight’s Revenge” (from Kirby Superstar) — Charlie Rosen & Jake Silverman, arrangers (the 8-Bit Big Band featuring Button Masher)
The Struggle Within — Gabriela Quintero & Rodrigo Sanchez, arrangers (Rodrigo y Gabriela)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals
“The Bottom Line” — Ólafur Arnalds, arranger (Ólafur Arnalds & Josin)
“A Change Is Gonna Come” — Tehillah Alphonso, arranger (Tonality & Alexander Lloyd Blake)
“The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)” — Jacob Collier, arranger (Jacob Collier)
“Eleanor Rigby” — Cody Fry, arranger (Cody Fry)
WINNER: “To the Edge of Longing” (edit version) — Vince Mendoza, arranger (Vince Mendoza, Czech National Symphony Orchestra & Julia Bullock)
Best Orchestral Performance
“Adams: My Father Knew Charles Ives; Harmonielehre” — Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor (Nashville Symphony Orchestra)
“Beethoven: Symphony No. 9” — Manfred Honeck, conductor (Mendelssohn Choir Of Pittsburgh & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
“Muhly: Throughline” — Nico Muhly, conductor (San Francisco Symphony)
WINNER: “Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3” — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra)
“Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy” — Thomas Dausgaard, conductor (Seattle Symphony Orchestra)
Best Choral Performance
“It’s a Long Way” — Matthew Guard, conductor (Jonas Budris, Carrie Cheron, Fiona Gillespie, Nathan Hodgson, Helen Karloski, Enrico Lagasca, Megan Roth, Alissa Ruth Suver & Dana Whiteside; Skylark Vocal Ensemble)
WINNER: “Mahler: Symphony No. 8, ‘Symphony of a Thousand'” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Grant Gershon, Robert Istad, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz & Luke McEndarfer, chorus masters (Leah Crocetto, Mihoko Fujimura, Ryan McKinny, Erin Morley, Tamara Mumford, Simon O’Neill, Morris Robinson & Tamara Wilson; Los Angeles Philharmonic; Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, Los Angeles Master Chorale, National Children’s Chorus & Pacific Chorale)
“Rising w/the Crossing” — Donald Nally, conductor (International Contemporary Ensemble & Quicksilver; The Crossing)
“Schnittke: Choir Concerto; Three Sacred Hymns; Pärt: Seven Magnificat-Antiphons” — Kaspars Putniņš, conductor; Heli Jürgenson, chorus master (Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir)
“Sheehan: Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom” — Benedict Sheehan, conductor (Michael Hawes, Timothy Parsons & Jason Thoms; The Saint Tikhon Choir)
“The Singing Guitar” — Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Estelí Gomez; Austin Guitar Quartet, Douglas Harvey, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet & Texas Guitar Quartet; Conspirare)
Best Opera Recording
“Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle” — Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
WINNER: “Glass: Akhnaten” — The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
“Janáček: Cunning Little Vixen” — London Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus & LSO Discovery Voices
“Little: Soldier Songs” — The Opera Philadelphia Orchestra
“Poulenc: Dialogues Des Carmélites” — The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
“Adams, John Luther: Lines Made By Walking” — JACK Quartet
“Akiho: Seven Pillars” — Sandbox percussion
“Archetypes” — Sérgio Assad, Clarice Assad & Third Coast Percussion
WINNER: “Beethoven: Cello Sonatas – Hope Amid Tears” — Yo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax
“Bruits” — Imani Winds
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
WINNER: “Alone Together” — Jennifer Koh
“An American Mosaic” — Simone Dinnerstein
“Bach: Sonatas & Partitas” — Augustin Hadelich
“Beethoven & Brahms: Violin Concertos” — Gil Shaham; Eric Jacobsen, conductor (The Knights)
“Mak Bach” — Mak Grgić
“Of Power” — Curtis Stewart
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Confessions — Laura Strickling; Joy Schreier, pianist
Dreams of a New Day – Songs by Black Composers — Will Liverman; Paul Sánchez, pianist
WINNER: Mythologies — Sangeeta Kaur & Hila Plitmann; Danaë Xanthe Vlasse, pianist (Virginie D’Avezac De Castera, Lili Haydn, Wouter Kellerman, Nadeem Majdalany, Eru Matsumoto & Emilio D. Miler)
Schubert: Winterreise — Joyce DiDonato; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, pianist
Unexpected Shadows — Jamie Barton; Jake Heggie, pianist (Matt Haimovitz)
Best Music Video
“Shot in the Dark” — AC/DC
WINNER: “Freedom” — Jon Batiste
“I Get a Kick Out of You” — Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
“Peaches” — Justin Bieber Featuring Daniel Caesar & Giveon
“Happier Than Ever” — Billie Eilish
“Montero (Call Me by Your Name)” — Lil Nas X
“Good 4 U” — Olivia Rodrigo
Best Music Film
Inside — Bo Burnham
David Byrne‘s American Utopia — David Byrne
Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles — Billie Eilish
Music, Money, Madness… Jimi Hendrix in Maui — Jimi Hendrix
WINNER: Summer of Soul — Various Artists
